Expanding access to treatment and targeting vulnerable populations will be a core part of a strategy to bring down the number of HIV cases in India, according to recent reports. The Union Health Ministry intends to reduce the number of HIV cases in the country by 20,000 on a yearly basis in 2019 and 2020, […]
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India: The AIDS pharmacy of the world
India is bolstering its reputation as the pharmacy of the world when it comes to the treatment of one condition in particular: AIDS and the virus which causes it, HIV. In 2017, there were approximately 36.9 million individuals living with HIV/AIDS, with 940,000 people succumbing to the complications of the disease. In that year, 1.8 […]
World AIDS Day 2018: The Indian perspective
2.1 million Indians live with HIV – the third largest HIV epidemic in the world. Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda intends to make HIV/AIDS a thing of the past in India by 2030. On World AIDS Day 2018, we investigate how likely this is to come to pass. Recent years have seen India make […]
In boon for HIV patients, historic law comes into force
The Health Ministry has started implementing of a historic HIV/AIDS bill, which passed in the Rajya Sabha in March. The bill offers comprehensive state provided care to HIV patients. In addition, social protections are to be put in place that would seek to prevent discrimination against HIV positive individuals. India has a relatively low HIV […]
One in one hundred HIV positive in Manipur
In the state of Manipur one in every one hundred individuals is HIV positive according to a recent study on HIV prevalence in India. The study revealed that Manipur had the highest percentage of HIV positive individuals of all Indian states, with 1.06 percent of the population affected. This figure was followed by Mizoram, at […]
“As far as possible” the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS bill
States have run out of HIV medications with no sign of replenishment, despite the recent HIV/AIDS bill. In May, an HIV/AIDS bill was launched by the Health Ministry that was hailed as a historic accomplishment in the fight for human rights for those infected with the condition. The bill was however called out by many […]
Bad blood: India’s trouble with transfusions and HIV
Damning figures publicised at the beginning of December have laid bare the extent of India’s problem with HIV transmission through faulty blood transfusions – believed to have caused 14,474 cases over the last seven years. The information was obtained by IndiaSpend through a series of right to information (RTI) requests. It was published as their […]